Methodological considerations in measurement of dominance in primates

Singh, Mewa and Singh, Mridula and Sharma, A. K. and Krishna, B. A. (2003) Methodological considerations in measurement of dominance in primates. Current Science, 84 (5). pp. 709-713. ISSN 0011-3891

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Abstract

The strength of dominance hierarchy in a group of animals needs to be quantitatively measured since it influences many other aspects of social interactions. This article discusses three attempts made by previous researchers to measure the strength of hierarchy. We propose a method which attempts to rectify the lacunae in the previous attempts. Data are used from a group of Japanese macaques housed in a colony. A method to calculate strength of hierarchy has been illustrated and a procedure has been suggested to normalize the dominance scores in order to place the ranks of individuals on an interval scale.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	A Arts and Humanities > Psychology
Divisions:	Department of > Psychology
Depositing User:	LA manjunath user
Date Deposited:	12 Sep 2019 06:07
Last Modified:	11 Dec 2019 10:58
URI:	http://eprints.uni-mysore.ac.in/id/eprint/8070

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